Alan Lee illustration from the 1991 edition
It's Tolkien. What else can I say. Some of you may remember that my bonus post last year was a reference to a Tolkien place or character with an accompanying video.
Wonderful stories with new places, a history, new cultures, new languages...what kind of genius does it take to make all this up? If the world were destroyed and these books survived, would a future generation thousands of years from now think it was really their past?
I kinda wish I still had my paperback editions of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' so I would not mar the pages of the beautiful editions I now own. Oh well. There is always the local library if I want to re-read them - again - if I live long enough to read everything on the TBR list. I do want to re-read 'The Silmarillion', which I think I have only read once.
Have you read 'The Lord of the Rings'? Or 'The Hobbit'? Do you have books that you re-read? More than once? (I knew an attorney who read 'The Lord of the Rings' every few years.)
Lighthouses abound in Michigan, more than in any other state. I have great pictures of lighthouses I have visited, but no pictures from those in Michigan - at least not on the computer. Go figure. If you are travelling along the Great Lakes, you are very likely to spot them.
I started to read the Lord of the Rings books in highschool, but never really got into them. Maybe if I read them again now I would.
ReplyDeleteI would love to take the drive up to MI to see some of these lighthouses, they look gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
I read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings many years ago. I don't own copies. I do have copies of the movies though. I tried the Silmarillion and couldn't get on with it. I always remember Joel Segal who used to be the film critic on Good Morning America, talking about the second movie which he, apparently, didn't like and describing a scene with the elves talking and said he was delighted when "Elvish had left the building".
ReplyDeleteForgot to say, NC has a lot of lighthouses too.
DeleteI have read them both and enjoyed them. I have several books I read again and again - Salem's Lot, Sentenced to Prism, Dune, The Dosadai Experiment, Queen of the Damned. The Belgariad (all five books) - I could go on :). I'm a picky reader so when I find something I love I often go back.
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I haven't read any of those and I have a that list that I will never finish.
DeleteMy sister read the series, I did see the movies :)
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to see a Michigan lighthouse I think!
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I still have to read LOTR and I will accomplish this goal as I love the movies. Christopher Lee who played in the films read these books every year, met Tolkien and Pet Jackson used his vast knowledge to help with the filming. I actually love lighthouses..something sad about them for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Michigan had more lighthouses than any other state. I do know I don't want to go up in one again. Climbing those stairs is HARD!
ReplyDeleteWe have nearly 4,000 miles of coastline, second only to Alaska, so it's why we have so many lighthouses.
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